MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



No. 19--Aprin838. 



I. — Second Report of Progress made in the Examination of the Mac- 

 kenzie MSS., with an Abstract Account of the Works examined. — 

 Bt/ the Rev. William Taylor, Member of the Madras Literary. 

 Society, ^'c. 



To the SecreSary to the Asiatic Department, Madras Lit. Soc: 



and Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society^ 



Sir,— I have now the pleasure to transmit to you, for the informa- 

 tion of the Committee of Papers of the Madras Literary Society, and 

 Auxiliary Royal Asiatic Society, my Second Report of Progress in the 

 examination, restoring, and abstracting^ of the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



It will be observed that a few of the MSS.. herein adverted to need- 

 ed no restoration ; one or two others only partially required it, on new 

 palm-leaves ; while several documents, have been entirely re-copied. 



The inscriptions, it will be seen, have occupied part of my attention.. 

 I could wish the results had been of greater consequence, in propor- 

 tion to the labour demanded. But from a glance beforehand, I expect 

 more interesting conclusions, from other records of the same class. 



Corresponding with this Section, of my general report^ is a second 

 volume of restored documents,- similar to the first volume, heretofore 

 transmitted to you : so soon as this second volume can be bound, it 

 also shall be forwarded. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 MADRAS^ya?». 15, 1838. W. Taylor. 



